Mycobacterium phage DirtDevil
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| Detailed Information for Phage DirtDevil | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Natalie Styles, Audrey Philbrook |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Orono, ME United States |
| Finding Institution | University of Maine, Honors College |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | 44.897224 N, 68.668577 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | It was found in a moist flower bed after a rainstorm. |
| Naming Notes | We named it this because we felt as though it was fitting since we found it in the dirt. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Date Sequencing Completed | Nov 25, 2025 |
| Sequencing Facility | Hubbard Center for Genome Studies at the University of New Hampshire |
| Shotgun Sequencing Method | Illumina |
| Sequencer Used | Illumina NextSeq 1000 |
| Read Type | Paired-end reads |
| Approximate Shotgun Coverage | 742 |
| Genome length (bp) | 49468 |
| Character of genome ends | 3' Sticky Overhang |
| Overhang Length | 10 bases |
| Overhang Sequence | CGGATGGTAA |
| GC Content | 63.9% |
| Fasta file available? | Yes: Download fasta file |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | A |
| Subcluster | A1 |
| Cluster Life Cycle | Temperate |
| Annotating Institution | Unknown or unassigned |
| Annotation Status | Not sequenced |
| Plaque Notes | It has small plaques, around .25-.5cm in diameter. |
| Has been Phamerated? | No |
| Publication Info | |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | No |
| GenBank Accession | None yet |
| Refseq Number | None yet |
| Archiving Info | |
| Archiving status | Not in Pitt Archives |